Ca' FoscariUniversity
of Venice
Master's Degree Programme in
European, American and Postcolonial Languages and Literatures
Ca' FoscariDegree-seeking students: apply
Department of Linguistics and Comparative Cultural Studies, Palazzo Cosulich, Dorsoduro 1405, 30123 Venice
For further information please contact the Linguistic Campus, campus.linguistico@unive.it
Prof. Simone Francescato (Teaching Committee Coordinator, simone.francescato@unive.it)
The teaching regulations of the study course depend on the following organisational aspects: educational goals, access methods, study plan, exams, final exam, job opportunities, etc. Throughout their university career, students must refer to the teaching regulations enforced from their matriculation.
Open admission, subject to assessment of minimum requirements.
Quota reserved to non-EU students residing outside Italy: 20 seats, of which 1 is reserved for a Chinese student living in China, under the Marco Polo Project.
To be admitted to this Master's Degree Programme students must possess a proper individual educational background and the minimum curricular requirements. A certified knowledge of English at minimum level B2 is also required.
Details about the assessment procedures are available in the webpage dedicated to admission requirements.
Applicants with international qualification must have obtained a bachelor’s degree that is the result of at least 3 years of study. The preliminary evaluation of the qualification is mandatory. Procedures and deadlines are available on the dedicated online platform.
International qualification will be evaluated by the designated teaching committee after the pre-evaluation procedure carried out on the online platform.
This Master's degree programme provides advanced knowledge of the languages, literatures and cultures of European, American and postcolonial countries, promoting cross-cultural perspectives within a solid background in humanities.
Graduates will be able to continue their studies in the field of research, to fulfil roles of responsibility in the fields of national and international entrepreneurship and in public and private institutions; they will be able to access the programmes in order to teach in public or private primary and secondary school.
Languages available: Albanian, Anglo-American, English, French, German, modern Greek, Polish, Portuguese and Brazilian, Romenian, Russian, Serbo-Croatian, Spanish and Hispanic-American
Ca' Foscari University of Venice offers international educational programmes designed in collaboration with one or more partner universities, entailing the attendance of part of the study path abroad. At the conclusion of these programmes, selected students obtain a Double Degree (a diploma from Ca' Foscari and one issued by the partner university) or a Joint Degree (single degree jointly awarded by the member universities of the consortium delivering the programme), depending on the provisions of the agreements with the partner universities and the different national regulations.
Double and Joint Degrees available:
Educational activities include classroom teaching, workshops and internships, in order to acquire wide-ranging skills that can be readily transferable into the world of work.
Knowledge gained by students will be assessed through written and oral exams during their entire university career.
The final exam consists in writing a thesis, which must possess the characters of originality, exhaustive documentation and scientific investigation and which will be discussed with a committee of university professors and experts.
Professional Master’s Programmes and PhD programmes.
Graduates will be able to find employment as organisers of cultural events in public and private, national and international companies and in the cultural industry sector; as an expert in intercultural education within a public or private institution in the fields of educational publishing, museum and library education services. He can work as an editor for publishing houses and publishing companies specialising in the literary and cultural sector; as a translator for private companies and public bodies publishing products. They can pursue an academic career after passing competitive examinations, or find employment with national and international research organisations. In order to become a teacher, graduates who have sufficient credits in appropriate groups of fields will be able, as provided for by current legislation, to take part in the admission tests for training courses for secondary teaching.
